Garter



.1. COHEN June 24, 1930.

GARTER Filed Jan. 5

I struction of the button fastener;

Patented June 24, 1930' w s ui sfrar JAcoB'oonnN, or MIDDLE V LLAGE," NEW YORK- GARTER; l

; 'llpplication filed January 5, 1923., Serial No. 79,333

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction herein-- after described and of. which the scope of application will be indicatedin the following claim. 7 f v In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various-possible. illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a embodying the'inventiony a Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the interior congarter Fig. 3 is a perspective View of amodified form of the invention; and i Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionalview taken line 44 in Fig. 3. j I

Referring in detail'to' the drawing, 10 denotes a garter embodying the invention and comprising an extensible body portion 11 and an ornamental trimming or button fastener 12 permanently secured to the ends of said body portion.

' The'bodyportion 11 may be' nade of ex tensible ribbon or the likesuitable strip ma terial in any manner well known in the art, and as hereshown'is woven so as to incorporate longitudinally extending elastic Ineni bers 11 and is edgings 11 c The button fastener12 may be of any desired shape or size, and. may'comprise a cir cular shallow thimble shaped cap portion 13 having an inturned rim flange 13 into which is fittted the correspondingly shaped upstanding edge flange 14 of a backing shell provided withshirred border 14 fo'i' ".pe'rinaiiently securing between the latterxand saidcap portion,'the endsof the body portion 11 (see Fig. 2). 1

The cap portion 13 may be formed of any suitable material that lends itselfto a 'decoi' ative finish, stamped, or nolded in the 'de-.

sired shape, orinay be formed of plain sheet metal covered with an outer piece 15 of decorative material carrying a pleasingartistically designed ornamentation as shown in Figs. 1 and-'3. The edge portion of said 'coverf15'is' folded inwardly against the-inner surface of'said'fiange 13 and against the inner concave surface of the outer portion of said cap13l I The backing shell 14 V is stamped from sheetmetal having the outer surface thereof suitably finished and prof vided with a coating or fabric covering 16 to prevent rusting of said surface and to pref rably;

eliminate "possible injury to the wearers apparel on which the garter 10 is applied} The edge portion of" said cover l6 is folded over said flange 14 and is clamped to the inner surface of said flange by, an annular disc' or block 17 fitting intols'aid shell 14. The coveredshell 1A and its disc 17-servetopress' the"foldededgeportion of the cover ,l5'1in position against .the inner surfaceof said flange 13'? and againstthe saidfcap"13.5Thus the folded portions of 'fabrie'covers 15 and'1 6 are disposed between flanges 13' and l l and contact each other to prevent inter-contact of the metal sheet and cap members, and protect the inner concave surface ofthe outer portion of portions of the body 11 clamped between said flanges.

The contacting surface of the shell 14 is preferably concaved as at C to conform to the shape of thewearers leg so as not to cause the wearer any discomfort.

It will be apparent from the drawings and the above description thatv clamping ofthe ends of the extensible body portionll and the edge'portions of covers '15 and 16 be tween the cap portion 13 and the backing.

shell 14 of the ornamental trimming button fastener results in a very simple and highly practical garter construction requiring the p2; "messes aid of only a few inexpensive tools operated by -a relatively cheap class t labor, thus materiallycheapening the cost of Inanufac- 'tureand making the garter available at a comparatively low selling price. 7

In Figs. 3 and d is shown a modified form ofthe invention. Here the garter 2Oincludesan elastic .body portion 21 and an 7 7 ornamental trimlningf or button fastener fi 22. The coated cap portion 23"and backing y .shell' 24 which aresimilanto caps 13 and 1 j j shelll described above not only'clarnp be- 7 V 1: tween them the ends of'the body portion 21 as describedhabove for the corresponding parts of the garter 10, but also serve to anchor and retain between said cap portions and shell other suitable trimming devices f suchas the bow ribbon 25, V t Itwill thus be seen that there is provided a device in whichthe several objects ofthis inventiongare achieved and which is" Well adaptedto meet the conditions of practical -v use. 1 V V r As. various possible embodiments 'rnight be "made of the above i11vention,iand as various changes niight be made .intheem- 'bodi nent above set forth, it is to be understood that all inatter'l'lerein set forth or v shown intheiaccompanying drawing is to be 3O interpreted as illustrative" and 'not'vin a limiting sense; a I t k w Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desiretosecurebyLetters I, 'P l v. V r In combinatiomqa shallow thimble shaped capinember, an annular memberinsertable th'i'urthe open end of said first mentioned lnernberand snugly fitting against the inner r r surface thereof, and, a single strip of fieX- I ible material, having end portions frictionally clamped between said members and ex tending from betweentheoannular walls of said members; saidannular member coin- V prising 'a' backingshell having fa fiange', ,a i i covering for said" shell, and an annular disc within said shell clamping an edge of said -'cover to theinner surface of said flange it Intestimonywhereof I affix my signature,

, f l JACOB COHEN,

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